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Wednesday, February 06, 2013

Travel update

Today I flew to Los Angeles, where tomorrow (Thursday) I will be presenting my paper on Henry Simons at a USC Law School tax conference commemorating 100 years of the income tax.

If I do say so myself, this is not only one of my shorter papers but (I think) a fairly entertaining one, in which I tried for more flair than seems appropriate for some other topics. I have prepared fairly punchy slides conveying the high points, which I will post here when I get a chance, probably early next week.

Looking forward to seeing lots of old friends at the conference.

UPDATE: My talk went well, but due to the East Coast storm I am stranded in L.A. through Sunday, rather than heading home on Friday.

About Me

I am the Wayne Perry Professor of Taxation at New York University Law School. My research mainly emphasizes tax policy, government transfers, budgetary measures, social insurance, and entitlements reform. My most recent books are (1) Decoding the U.S. Corporate Tax (2009) and (2) Taxes, Spending, and the U.S. Government's March Toward Bankruptcy (2006). My other books include Do Deficits Matter? (1997), When Rules Change: An Economic and Political Analysis of Transition Relief and Retroactivity (2000), Making Sense of Social Security Reform (2000), Who Should Pay for Medicare? (2004), Taxes, Spending, and the U.S. Government's March Towards Bankruptcy (2006), Decoding the U.S. Corporate Tax (2009), and Fixing the U.S. International Tax Rules (forthcoming). I am also the author of a novel, Getting It. I am married with two children (boys aged 16 and 19) as well as four (!) cats. For my wife Pat's quilting blog, see Patwig’s Blog.